Doing Ministry in the Igbo Context: Towards an Emerging Model and Method for the Church in Africa- Foreword by Theophilus Okere by Cajetan E. Ebuziem (Hardcover, 2010)
Doing Ministry in the Igbo Context: Towards an Emerging Model and Method for the Church in Africa arises out of reflection on experience and practice. The volume reflects on the author's own cultural context, religious heritage, and pastoral functioning. In addition, it considers the author's personal experiences in relation to the common experiences of others within the author's cultural and religious traditions and places these experiences and the voices they represent into mutually critical correlation. Thus, commonalities and dissonances in them emerge leading to insights where to go from there in providing ministry to the People of God in the local church context and still within the framework of one universal church. This book presents a contextual model of local theology that begins its reflection with the Igbo cultural context. The Igbo or Nigerian or African Church can have a pattern of ministry with a model and a method that are consistent with the peoples' values. To accomplish this goal a local cultural value must be explored and brought into the scene. Since the Igbo society is the heart of Christianity and Catholicism in Africa, the author relies on Igboland as his situational context. The exploration of the indigenous Igbo value of collaboration will be an advantage in ministering to the rest of the African people who have cultural resemblances to Igbos. The African Church has to learn from the Igbo values of umunna bu ike. Umunna is the basic Igbo unit, and possibly the most powerful missionary force in Igboland, and potentially an Igbo gift to the Church in Nigeria and Africa, and even beyond.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Peter Lang
ISBN-13
9781433111549
eBay Product ID (ePID)
114884280
Product Key Features
Subject Area
Regional History
Author
Cajetan E. Ebuziem
Publication Name
Doing Ministry in the Igbo Context: Towards an Emerging Model and Method for the Church in Africa- Foreword by Theophilus Okere
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Mythology
Publication Year
2010
Type
Study Guide
Number of Pages
269 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
230mm
Item Width
160mm
Volume
12
Item Weight
510g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Cajetan E. Ebuziem
Series Title
Bible and Theology in Africa
Topic
Theology, Popular Philosophy, Religious History, Christianity
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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